J.J. Redick May Have Potentially Gotten An Uber Ride From A Human Trafficker, Or Something8/17/2018 NYPost- NBA journeyman J.J. Redick claims he freaked after seeing a woman apparently being caged under a blanket in the back of his car service in Manhattan, prompting him to jump out and call cops.
Redick shared the story on his “The J.J. Redick Podcast” on Thursday, saying it happened Wednesday after he had done a photo shoot for the fashion line Mr. Porter. The former Duke University and current Philadelphia 76ers guard said he was with his wife, Chelsea, and sister-in-law Kylee as they got into the Cadillac Escalade livery cab arranged by Mr. Porter. As they motored through Manhattan, Kylee became “pale as a ghost” because she said someone was in the vehicle’s back storage area, according to Redick. They demand the driver pull over, saying they saw a child or small woman in back, according to the hoopster. The driver then sped off, leaving Redick and his party on the sidewalk. Redick, 34, said he called the NYPD. The player later called the car service to complain — and was told the driver had been disciplined for bringing along another passenger in the front seat, according to Redick. There was no mention of any woman in the trunk, he said. “So, possible scenarios here: I think best-case for everyone involved is that maybe his sister or his cousin, or maybe a girlfriend or wife needed a ride across town and they didn’t want to pay for an Uber or taxi. That’s probably best-case scenario,” Redick speculated. “And then from there you can go darker. This is not funny, but child abduction, human trafficking. Like, Chelsea’s dead serious texting me today and she’s like, ‘I’m calling the FBI tip line and I’m opening a claim. This is serious.’ I don’t know what to make of it. It definitely was not a dog. I will say that. It was a human being in the back seat of his car, under a blanket in some sort of box or cage. That’s my story.” ---------- I'll tell you what, there's not all that many things that could get me to change my "sit down and shut up" approach to using ridesharing services, but I think that potentially being seen as an accomplice to human trafficking is on the short list of social infractions that could get me to begrudgingly start up a dialogue. I've always maintained that it's none of my business what my affordable and conveniently contracted chauffeurs keep in their car, but an unlawfully imprisoned man, woman, or child might just challenge that theory, as it seems like a pretty big problem to bring to work with you. If J.J. Redick knew his mode of transportation was going to have him at risk of running into people being treated as rabid animals regardless, he might have opted to take the subway where riding along to such a thing wouldn't make him a witness to a felony. Therefore, the least his driver could have done was offered him an undoubtedly unsatisfactory explanation for the jailed stranger clanging around under a blanket in the back seat. I don't go less than 5-stars often, but making me remove both headphones is at least a 2-star penalty, whereas turning me into the lifeguard in an Uber Pool is at least a 1-star deduction. Assuming the Sixers' guard and his lady were offered Aquafina's upon entry, that's a 2-star experience at best, and seeing as there was no mention of a water dish in the back, that's the furthest thing from a safe assumption.
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